These monumental school choice cases in Vermont are a victory for parents everywhere

Recent legal settlements in Vermont are a victory for champions of education freedom for students and parents.

Under this program, students residing in towns without public schools selected a public or approved secular private school to attend, and the town paid tuition on their behalf. However, Vermont school districts blocked qualifying students from utilizing this benefit at private religious schools that did not have "adequate safeguards" that shielded funding from "religious education."

Consequently, these students and their families had to choose between attending a different school or paying tuition out of pocket – until now.